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Pennsylvania POA requirements
Key features in Pennsylvania
- 9 'hot powers' requiring express grant under §5601.4: trust creation/amendment/revocation, gifts, survivorship rights, beneficiary changes, delegation, joint-and-survivor annuity waiver, fiduciary powers, disclaimers, access to electronic-communications content
- Required statutory NOTICE to principal under §5601(c) and agent acknowledgment under §5601(d)
- Requires BOTH 2 witnesses AND notary (§5601(b))
How it works
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Answer a few questions
About your agent, the powers you want to grant, and when they take effect.
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Sign and share
Sign in front of 2 adult witnesses and a notary. Give a copy to your agent.
Who can witness your Pennsylvania POA
I am not the agent designated in this power of attorney, not the notary public or other officer before whom the principal acknowledged this power of attorney, and not the individual (if any) who signed the power of attorney on behalf of and at the direction of the principal (20 Pa.C.S. §5601(b)(3)(ii); see also §5601(b)(2) for the by-mark/by-another disqualification).
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